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Koji Nakanishi
(11 May 1925 - )
Japanese organic chemist who published his autobiography under the title A Wandering Natural Products Chemist and describes himself as a “hybrid” who grew up in Europe, Egypt, and Japan and whose philosophy and behavior in life have been influenced by both Eastern and Western thought.
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Science Quotes by Koji Nakanishi (3 quotes)
I liked science. I wasn’t mathematically oriented, so I became an organic chemist.
— Koji Nakanishi
As quoted in Columbia University Press Release, On Campus (21 Feb 2013).
Magic is antiphysics, so it can't really exist. But is shares one thing with science. I can explain the principle behind a good science experiment in 15 seconds; the same way with magic.
— Koji Nakanishi
As quoted in Eric Roston, The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat (2009), 132. Nakaniski entertained with magic tricks for colleagues and to audiences at conferences.
The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed. After the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the ginkgo was the first tree that came up. It’s amazing.
— Koji Nakanishi
As quoted in Columbia University Press Release, On Campus (21 Feb 2013).
See also:
- A Wandering Natural Products Chemist, by Koji Nakanishi. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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